Safety-catch for bag-frames.



B. VOM EIGEN.

SAFETY C ATCH FOR BAG FRAMES.

APPLICATION mau- NOV. 16. 1912.

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BENNO VOM EIGEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AUG. GOERTZ 8c 00., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SAFETY-CATCH FOR BAGFRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed November 16, 1912. Serial No. 731,658.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENNO VOM EIGEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Catches for Bag-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form'a part of this specification.

This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in bag-frames; and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to a novel strap or handle-attaching means for the bag-frame, said strap or handle-attaching means serving also as a safety-holding catch for the hinged frame-sections which are provided with the usual separable friction-knobs, the said safety-holding catches when in their closed relation with the closed framesections preventing the accidental separation of the said friction knobs and the accidental open relation of the hinged framesections.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply constructed, manipulatable strap or handle attaching device for the hinged bagframe sections, which also serves as a holding or locking means for retaining the closing catch of the bag-frame, and the framesections, in their closed relation against accidental separation, but which can be easily and quickly turned out of its holding engagement with the closed frame-sections, by the person carrying the bag, when it is desired to manipulate the usual closing catch, so as to permit the hinged frame-sections to be brought into their opened relation.

Other objects of the present invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present in vention. With the various objects of this invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel strap or handle-attach ing means for bag-frames, which serves, also, as a safety holding catch which will prevent any accidental separation of the frame-sections and in consequence thereof the opening of the bag, especially while the bag is being carried; and, the lnvention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be more fully described in the-accompanying specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bagframe and a pair of strap or handle-attaching means pivotally connected therewith, made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention, the said means being shown in their locked or engaged relation with the closed frame-sections, to prevent the accidental opening of the bag. Fig. 2 is a similar sectional representation of the said parts represented in said Fig. 1, but showing the pivoted straps or handle-attaching means in the separated or disengaged relation with the frame-section, to permit of the opening of the bag. Fig. 3 is an end view of the parts represented in said Fig. 1, looking in. the direction of the arrow m. Fig. 4 is an end view of the strap or handle-attaching means, detached from the bag-frame; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the said figures of the draw ings, the reference-characters 1 and 2 indi cate the two framesections of any usual construction formed, respectively, with the downwardly extending leg-members 3 and 4, which are pivotally connected, as at 5. Upon their main central portions, the said frame-sections 1 and 2 are respectively provided with the shank-plate or elements 6 and 7 of the closing catch of the bag-frame, the said shank-plates or elements being'suitably secured upon the upper central surfaceportions of the respective frame-sections 1 and 2' in the usual and well-known manner.

As shown, the respective shank-plates 6 and 7 are formed with the usual shanks 8 and 9 which are respectively provided with the usual spherical hold11g members, buttons, or ballslO and 11, which, during the closing movements of the frame-sections are forced past each, other in the usual manner and spring into the usual frictional holding engagement with each other, as will be clearly evident from an inspection of Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

Suitably secured upon the outer faces of the leg-members 4: of the frame-section '2, usually by means of solder, is a bearingmember, in the form of a shell 12, which is formed upon its upper end-portion with a pintle-receiving portion or bearing, as 13, said portion or bearing extending laterally across the outer faces of the two leg-members 3 and 4,, when their closed relation, and its length being substantially that of the combined widths of the two adjacent and closed leg-members 3 and 4; of the two frame-sections 1 and 2, substantially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Arranged within the receiving portion or bearing 13 of each bearing-member 12 is a pin .or rivet 1a, the end-portions of each pin or rivet 14: projecting from the respective end-portions of each pintle-receiving portion or bearing 18, as will be clearly evident from an inspection of said Fig. v3 of the drawings.

Each strap or handle-attaching means is indicated, generally, by the reference-character 15, and each means consists, essentially, of a pair of curved arms, as 16 and 17., which are connected at one end by a connecting member, as 18, which is preferably of tubular cross-section, as represented in Fig. 5 of the drawings. At their lower end-portions the said arms 16 and 17 are provided with perforations 19, by means of which the said arms 16 and 17 are pivotally mounted upon the rejecting ends of the previously-mentionecl pins or rivets 1a in the respective bearings 13 of the bearingmembers 12.. 7

Before attaching each strap or handle-attaching means in its pivotal relation upon the one frame-section, and near the corners of the frame-section, the loop-ends 2 0 of the usual leather strap or handle are first arranged about the connecting members 18, as

' shown in the several figures of the drawings,

whereby, when the bag .is carried by the strap or handle, the pivoted strap or handleattachingmoans hereinabove described will be caused to embrace the corner-portions of.

the two closed frame-sections 1 and 2, in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, and at the same time serve as a locking means which will positively prevent an accidental separation of the closed framesection, and will thus prevent the annoyance due to the undesired accidental opening of the bag;

-To limit the closing pivotal movement of each strap or handle attaching means," so

that the arms 16 and 17 will notfchafe the leather or other material of the bag at the corners of the frame-sections by being brought into contact with the leather or other material, the arms 16 and 17 are formed near their upper end-portions, and at suitable points, with suitably formed and inwardly extending arresting lugs or tongues 21 and 22 which are adapted to be brought into contact with the upper surfaceportions of the respective frame-sections 1 and 2, as illustrated in said Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, and for the purposes hereinbefore stated.

lVhen it is desired to separate the two frame-sections 1 and 2., in order to open the bag, the two strap 1 or handle-attaching means, are moved from their engaging positions represented in Fig. 1 of the drawings into the positions indicated in Fig. 2, which readily perm-its of the two frame-sections 1 and 2 being brought into their separated relation so as to open the bag, as will be 7 clearly understood. 7

The device is very simple in its construction and operation, and is very neat in appearance. V

I. am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements and combination of the various parts without departing from the scope of the invention as set torth in the foregoing specification and as defined in the'clauses ofthe claim which are appended to the said specification. Hence, I do not limit my present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the various parts as described inthe said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. a r

I claim: 7

1. The combination with a bag-frame and its closing catch, said bag-frame comprising a pair of hingedframe-sections, each framesection being formed with leg-members, and

a handle, of va hol'ding means pivotally connected at its lower end upon each leg-member of one of thesaid frame-sections, said holding means being adaptedto embrace the corners of both of the frame-sections when in their closed relation'so as to be brought into separable holding engagement with the corner-portions of the two closed frame-sections, and means at the other end of said holding means for the attachment of the ends of the handle of the bag to said holding means for bringing said holding means into its holding engagement with said cornerportions of the closed frame-sections.

2. The combination with a bag-frame and its closing catch, said bag-frame comprising a pair of hinged frame-sections, each frame section being formed with legmembers, and

a handle, of a holding means pivotallyconholding means being adapted to embrace the corners of both of the frame-sections when in their closed relation so as to be brought into separable holding engagement with the corner-portions of the two closed frame-sections, means at the other end of said holding means for the attachment of the ends of the handle of the bag to said holding means for bringing said holding engagement with said corner-portions of the closed frame-sections, and stops connected with the said holding means adapted to be brought into engagement with the leg-members of the closed frame-sections so asto limit the pivotal movement of said holding means.

3. The combination with a bag-frame and its closing catch, said bag-frame comprising a pair of hinged frame-sections, each framesection being formed with leg-members, and a handle of a bearing-member secured to each leg-member of one of said frame-sections, a bearing-portion connected with each bearing-member, a pintle in each bearingportion, and a holding means mounted at its lower end upon each pintle, each holding means consisting of a pair of arms adapted to embrace the corners of both of the frame sections when in their closed relation so as to bring said holding means into separable holding engagement with the corner-portions of the two closed frame-sections, and a connecting member, at the upper ends of holding means into its.

each pair of arms for the attachment of the ends of the handle of the bag.

4. The combination with a bag-frame and its closing catch, said bag-frame comprising a pair of hinged frame-sections, each framesection being formed with leg-members, and a handle, of a bearingmember secured to each leg-member of one of said frame-sections, a bearing-portion connected with each bearing-member, a pintle in each bearingportion, and a holding means mounted at its lower end upon each pintle, each holding means consisting of a pair of arms adapted to embrace the corners of both of the framesections when in their closed relation so as to bring said holding means into separable holding engagement with the corner-portions of the two closed frame-sections, and a connecting member, at the upper ends of each pair of arms for the attachment of the ends of the handle'of the bag, and inwardly projecting lugs connected with said arms adapted to be brought into engagement with the closed frame-sections so as to limit the V pivotal movement of said holding means.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of November, 1912.

BEN N O VOM EIGEN.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK. H. W. FRAENTZEL.

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